Osebury Rock

Osebury Rock (also spelt Oseberrow or Rosebury) is a cliff on the River Teme where fragmentary rocks of the Haffield Breccia layer are revealed. Its woodland and vegetation include some restricted varieties including the large-leaved lime and narrow-leaved bitter-cress. It was registered as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1990.[1]

The place is traditionally associated with fairies and Bate's Bush was said to be haunted. Bate's Bush was a maple tree at the nearby crossroads which was said to have sprung from a stake used to impale the body of a suicide.[2]


References
  1. Osebury Rock (PDF), Natural England, 15 January 1990
  2. Jabez Allies (1846), On the Ignis Fatuus, Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, pp. 22–25
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